Create a community profile

Conditions for creating a community profile:

• The customer's email address must be included.
• The customer must be a person, not an institution or school.
• The library membership allows it (via the 'My Menu configuration' used).
• There are no fines on the customer’s account.

How to create a community profile:

1. Log in to the library site.
2. Go to My Account.
3. Select Create a Community profile. A Terms and Conditions window opens.
4. Review the terms and check I have read and agree to the Terms and Conditions box.
5. Click Agree.  The Preferred nickname window opens.
6. Enter a Preferred nickname.

    Note: Your nickname will be visible to others, so do not include any sensitive information, such as your PIN, zip code, or account number in the nickname.

7. Click Submit.

Once a Community account is created, the customer will always be logged in to the account when they sign into the web catalog.

Change nickname 

To change your selected nickname:

1. Click Change nickname in the upper-right corner of the screen. A Change nickname window opens.
2. Enter a new nickname in the Preferred nickname field.
3. Click Save.

Personal settings 

Select the visibility of your ratings and reviews under the Personal Settings section of the screen. The following elements can be adjusted to be visible to Nobody, Friends, or Everyone:

• Show name
• Show location
• Show age
• Show friendship

Click Save to save changes.

General 

The information displayed under general cannot be edited. This is the information that appears in the customer profile and can be made visible to other Community users.

About myself 

Customers can add a brief bio in the About myself box. Click Save to save the information.

Select an avatar

Customers can select an avatar to represent their Community profile. Only images that come from a standard set of avatars provided by OCLC can be used.